TSU Legends
This media mogul attended TSU and studied speech and drama before becoming a household name through television.
Hint: She became famous for a daytime talk show that ran for 25 seasons.
Who is Oprah Winfrey
This TSU professor established the university's Department of Speech and Drama in 1943.
Hint: One of his students later became Oprah Winfrey.
Dr. Thomas E. Poag
This daytime television program became one of the most influential talk shows in American television history.
Hint: Its host attended Tennessee State University and later became a media mogul and philanthropist.
What is The Oprah Winfrey Show
This historically Black fraternity was founded in 1911 at Indiana University and has a long-standing presence at Tennessee State University.
Hint: Its Greek letters are ΚΑΨ.
What is Kappa Alpha Psi
This TSU Tigerbelle became the first American woman to win three gold medals in track and field at a single Olympic Games.
Hint: Her three gold medals came at the 1960 Olympics in Rome.
Who is Wilma Rudolph
This TSU coach played a major role in developing the Tigerbelles into an internationally recognized women's track program.
Hint: He coached Wilma Rudolph.
Who is Ed Temple
This 1985 film follows Celie, an African American woman living in the early 20th-century American South.
Hint: A TSU alumna received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film.
What is The Color Purple
Founded in 1908 at Howard University, this sorority is represented by the Greek letters ΑΚΑ.
Hint: Its colors are pink and green.
What is Alpha Kappa Alpha
In 1960, this TSU athlete broke Jesse Owens' long-standing world record in the long jump.
Hint: He later won Olympic gold in Rome that same year.
Who is Ralph Boston
This TSU alumnus made medical history in 1980 with a groundbreaking cardiac procedure.
Hint: Think of a device that can help restore a dangerous abnormal heart rhythm.
Who is Dr. Levi Watkins Jr.
This groundbreaking miniseries is known for telling the story of an enslaved African American family and their descendants.
Hint: TSU actor Moses Gunn appeared in the series as tribal chieftain Kintango and received an Emmy nomination for the role.
What is Roots
Founded in 1913 at Howard University, this sorority became the second historically Black Greek-letter sorority founded in the United States.
Hint: Its Greek letters are ΔΣΘ.
What is Delta Sigma Theta?
This TSU athlete originally came to the university on a basketball scholarship before becoming a professional football star.
Hint: The Dallas Cowboys selected him with the first overall pick in the 1974 NFL Draft.
Who is Ed “Too Tall” Jones
At the 1960 Rome Olympics, TSU's track program produced an extraordinary collection of gold-medal performances.
Hint: Think beyond just Wilma Rudolph—how many TSU athletes won gold?
What is five
This children’s book explores the history of enslaved African Americans and celebrates freedom through the story of a young girl named Tilly.
Hint: It was written by a TSU-connected author duo known for their work in African American history and children’s literature.
What is Days of Jubilee
Founded in 1914 at Cornell University, this fraternity was the first historically Black Greek-letter fraternity established at an Ivy League institution.
Its Greek letters are ΦΒΣ
What is Phi Beta Sigma
Known by a nickname connected to a famous Nashville street, this TSU quarterback eventually played for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Hint: The street runs directly alongside TSU's campus.
Who is Joe “Jefferson Street Joe” Gilliam?
These three TSU legends made their mark in three very different areas: one transformed television, one dominated Olympic sprinting, and one changed the treatment of dangerous heart rhythms.
Hint: Think Oprah + Wilma + medicine.
Who are Oprah Winfrey, Wilma Rudolph, and Dr. Levi Watkins Jr.
This nonfiction children’s book tells the story of the Underground Railroad through the experiences of Harriet Tubman and other freedom seekers.
Hint: One of its authors was a TSU alumna who became known for writing books that introduced young readers to African American history.
What is Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters?
TSU's NPHC has nine organizations. Identify the four sororities represented among those nine.
Hint: Their Greek-letter combinations include AKA, DST, SGRho, and ZPB.
What are Alpha Kappa Alpha, Delta Sigma Theta, Sigma Gamma Rho, and Zeta Phi Beta?